Blog 12 7 June Day 20 Distance: 56km Shawnee Wreck +20km to Eduard Bohlen Wreck +36km Location: 24.29543 S, 14.53756 E Camping about 200m from the beach, it was a cold, misty morning; our tents were totally soaked (as they are most nights when close to the beach) due to the atmosphere. A huge wave […]
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Racing against the tide
Blog 11 Day 17 4 June Swakopmund to Walvis Bay Distance – 52km Total distance – 800km We bid Matt and Wendy farewell after a great 3 days to reboot, see a little of Swakopmund and surrounds and give a couple of school presentations. Elago arrived, as planned, at about 8am having set off at […]
Swakopmund – halfway there
Blog 10 Day 13 31 May – 3 June 79km Total Distance: 748km The last day into Swakopmund from Henties Bay was fairly straight forward. A good quality bitumen road and a slight headwind, it was pretty much a case of turning the pedals with a good rhythm. There was one shipwreck on the ride, […]
Torra Bay to Henties Bay
Blog 9 Day 10 28 May 80km From Torra Bay to Ugab Gate, the southern boundary of the 500km long Skeleton Coast National Park, I had to stick to the road, this time due to diamond mining tenements along the beach. Out of Torra Bay, the road was rugged and sandy in places, but in […]
Brown Hyaenas and Desert-adapted Kunene Lions
Blog 8 Day 7 25 May Mowe Bay – Rest The day off the bike at Mowe Bay turned out to be incredibly interesting. Before the fog had cleared, two brown hyaenas were spotted around the settlement. Of course, we were up immediately to get a closer look. Brown hyaenas are not aggressive, but we […]
Many stories to tell
Blog 7 Day 5 23 May Camping location: 18.72296 S; 12.30992 E, 4km south of the Hoarusib River mouth 56km Another delightfully foggy morning meant no significant wind. The tide was in though and so for the first 15km I struggled in the soft beach sand. Then, in search of a better surface, I discovered […]
Shipwrecks and Seals
Blog 6 Day 3 20 May Camping location: 18.39600 S; 12.00489 E, 5km from Cape Frio Distance: 49km The wind continued to howl all night and was equally as strong as yesterday. I counted four jackals hovering around our campsite amongst the large sand moguls. I set off at around 7.30am, back to the beach. […]
The Start, Mouth of the Kunene River
Blog 5 Day 1 18 May Mouth of the Kunene River to 17.67785 S, 11.76253 E 51km The Start We were up early, but it always takes a long time to break camp. From our beautifully sheltered camp, we drove about 10km back to the Kunene River mouth. A manager from the diamond mine at […]
Purros to the Kunene River Mouth
Blog 4 17 May We waited all morning at the Purros Community Lodge but he permit wasn’t signed. Jimmy managed to negotiate with the wardens at the southern end of the Skeleton Coast Park, whom he knew well. They agreed to allow us to enter the park as long as the pending permit was delivered […]
Twyfelfontein – Purros
Blog 3 Just south of Twyfelfontein is Brandberg mountain, an enormous extinct volcano that was once the same scale as Kilimanjaro, and roughly the same age. It erupted about 200 million years ago and blew off it’s top, sending volcanic material all over the world and reducing its height to 2500 metres. Heading north from […]
